Lumix DMC-ZS3

Lumix DMC-ZS3

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Review

Playback Modes & Menus

When you press the playback button on the back of the camera, the last picture taken is displayed full screen. You can move backward or forward through the images using the LEFT and RIGHT buttons. The amount of overlay information displayed is controlled by pressing the DISP button. You can choose from no info, basic info, a full detailed list of settings.

You can quickly search through stored images using the Index playback function which is actuated by pressing the Wide zoom control. The amount of times you move the Wide zoom control will determine the amount of thumbnails shown, from either 12 or 30!

The image can be magnified up to 16x in 4 steps by pressing the telephoto zoom button. Once the image is enlarged at any step, you can move around inside of it using the 4-way selector buttons.

Movie clips can be played in the camera with audio thanks to the built-in speaker. Press the FUNC. / SET button to play a clip, or use any of the other VCR-like controls.

Playback Mode:

Normal Play - Runs normal playback Slide Show - Runs a slide show of all the images on the memory card Mode Play - Search Playback by either picture or video Category Play - Search by category

Playback Menu:

Calendar - Select your images based on the date taken Title Edit - Add a title to one or several images Text Stamp - Add shooting date, Age, Travel Date or Title to an image Resize - Create a smaller copy of an image Trimming - Allows you to crop your images inside the camera Leveling - Allows you to slightly adjust the orientation of the image to level your subject Aspect Conversion - Change an image to one of the other two aspect ratios Rotate Disp. - Turn auto rotate of the display on or off Favorite - On or Off Print Set - Single or Multi Protect - Protect one or multi images to protect from deletion Audio Dub - Add a short audio clip to an image Face Recognition - Remove face recognition from the image Copy - Copy images from the memory card to the internal memory and visa versa

Resize allows you to make your images smaller on the camera without the need for a computer. The picture will save as new file so that you do not lose the original.

The rotate feature allows the camera to rotate an image without a computer 90� at a time.

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